The death toll continues to rise after the worst flash floods in three decades swept the eastern Spanish region of Valencia

Sky News' Europe correspondent Siobhan Robbins has walked around in the town of Algemesi, Valencia, to report how residents are doing after the flood that hit Spain.

Mixed messages and confusion cost lives, dozens of local residents and experts say. More than 220 people died and nearly 80 are still missing.

Carlos Martinez, another Paiporta resident, told local television the flood alert came when he was stranded in a tree "seeing bodies floating past." Dozens of inhabitants of flooded communities told Reuters that by the time they received the regional government's alert,

In Spain, heavy rainfall continues to cause significant damage. Last night in Catalonia, a river overflowed, sweeping away parked cars. The footage has surfaced online. Warnings for heavy rain in Spain have been issued for areas in northeastern Catalonia,